Regarding the alteration policy and creature cards with adventure. Is the name of the adventure half considered to be the name or the card and therefore not allowed to be altered?

And what if I would paint the adventure text box completely black would that change anything regarding tournament legality of the card?

Disclaimer: I am not an official source. In fact, nobody is. ;)

Originally posted by Tristan Hof:

Regarding the alteration policy and creature cards with adventure. Is the name of the adventure half considered to be the name or the card and therefore not allowed to be altered?

The reason policy says not to cover the name of the card is because we need some way to know what the card is. Each adventurer creature card can only have a specific adventure on it, so as long as we can see the name of the creature, we can look up the name of the adventure just like we'd look up any other part of the card that's not legible.

Originally posted by Tristan Hof:

And what if I would paint the adventure text box completely black would that change anything regarding tournament legality of the card?

Covering the text box has never been an issue, I don't see any reason that it suddenly would be with adventures.

Originally posted by Isaac King:

Disclaimer: I am not an official source. In fact, nobody is. ;)

I am also not an official source - but there are still some folks that are official. Wizards employees, by default (unless they specifically state otherwise); Toby Elliott (who rarely posts in here).

Because I'm no longer official, I now get to say things like this: why deface your cards and even *risk* making them unacceptable for tournament play? If you're only ever going to play Commander with your kitchen-table crew, then do what you want, or at least what your friends will tolerate. But if you're a Competitive REL player, why not stick to unaltered cards?!?

FWIW, I love cool alterations, and own more than a few - but it's rare that I'd try to play them in a sanctioned event.

d:^D

Originally posted by Scott Marshall:

why deface your cards and even *risk* making them unacceptable for tournament play? If you're only ever going to play Commander with your kitchen-table crew, then do what you want, or at least what your friends will tolerate. But if you're a Competitive REL player, why not stick to unaltered cards?

I can guarantee people will do it, and if they're doing it I feel like discussing why is kinda pointless. We can disuade players from making their cards illegal but it won't stop them. You can argue the same points about foils - why get judge foil Dark Confidants if there's a chance they warp and your deck is marked?

In my opinion, the spirit of the policy is to keep cards as instantly recognisable as an unaltered version. I feel if both of the arts on the card are recognizable, both the names and mana costs are visable, I would allow it. An art extension that expands the creature's art and completely covering the name, art and mana cost of the adventure would be no bueno for me. The text box being black would be fine.